US patent granted for SPL7013 eye drops for conjunctivitis

Dec 12th, 2018

Melbourne, Australia: Starpharma (ASX: SPL, OTCQX: SPHRY) today announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent for SPL7013 ophthalmic drops for viral conjunctivitis. The patent has been granted with broad claims for treating and preventing microbial infections of the eye, including adenoviral conjunctivitis, bacterial conjunctivitis and other eye infections. The patent term is to 2033.

AGM - Chairman address and CEO presentation

Nov 29th, 2018

Melbourne, Australia: Attached is the Chairman’s address together with the CEO’s presentation to the Annual General Meeting of Starpharma Holdings Limited (ASX: SPL, OTCQX: SPHRY), to be held at 3.00pm today.

DEP® docetaxel and DEP® cabazitaxel outperform in human pancreatic cancer model

Nov 16th, 2018

Melbourne, Australia: Starpharma today announced that its proprietary DEP^® docetaxel and DEP^® cabazitaxel products, which are both currently in the clinic, showed significant efficacy and safety benefits over gemcitabine (Gemzar^®) alone, Abraxane^® (Nab-paclitaxel) alone and in combination, in a human pancreatic cancer model. These impressive efficacy results were despite the fact that these standard pancreatic cancer treatments, gemcitabine and/or Abraxane^® showed limited activity in this model.

Quarterly Cashflow Report

Oct 26th, 2018

Melbourne, Australia: Starpharma (ASX: SPL, OTCQX: SPHRY) today released its Appendix 4C – Quarterly Cashflow Report for the period ended 30 September 2018

Starpharma Investor Presentation for Citi Conference

Oct 17th, 2018

Melbourne, Australia: Starpharma (ASX: SPL, OTCQX: SPHRY) will today participate in Citi's 10th Annual Australian and New Zealand Investment Conference in Sydney.

DEP® irinotecan outperforms in pancreatic cancer model

Sep 5th, 2018

Melbourne, Australia: Starpharma today announced that its proprietary DEP^® irinotecan development candidate showed significant efficacy and safety benefits over standard irinotecan in combination with 5-FU in a mouse xenograft model of human pancreatic cancer (Figure 1 and 2). The human pancreatic tumour model used in this study virtually did not respond to the traditional irinotecan regimen (irinotecan + 5-FU), whereas complete tumour regression and 100% survival was achieved using Starpharma’s DEP^® irinotecan.

AstraZeneca’s DEP Bcl2/xL inhibitors show compelling efficacy and synergy in combination

Aug 31st, 2018

Melbourne, Australia; Starpharma today announced AstraZeneca’s first patent application on DEP^® Bcl2/xL conjugates has been published by the World Intellectual Property Organisation. These DEP^® Bcl2/xL conjugates combine Starpharma’s innovative DEP^® delivery technology with AstraZeneca’s novel Bcl2/xL inhibitor for treating various cancers, including leukemias.

The published patent application shows compelling efficacy data on DEP^® Bcl2/xL conjugates, both alone and in combination with other leading current anti-cancer treatments, in various preclinical human tumour models.

Annual report and full year financial results

Aug 21st, 2018

Melbourne, Australia: Starpharma today released its annual report and financial results for the year ended 30 June 2018.

Quarterly Cashflow Report

Jul 17th, 2018

Melbourne, Australia; Starpharma today released its Appendix 4C – Quarterly Cashflow Report for the period ended 30 June 2018.

VivaGel® BV NDA advances to next stage of FDA review

Jul 9th, 2018

Melbourne, Australia: Starpharma (ASX: SPL, OTCQX: SPHRY) today announced that the US FDA has completed its filing review of the VivaGel^® BV New Drug Application (NDA), with no issues identified, and confirmed its progress to the next stage.

Starpharma licenses VivaGel® BV to Mundipharma for Europe

Jun 27th, 2018

Melbourne, Australia: Starpharma (ASX: SPL, OTCQX: SPHRY) and Mundipharma today announced they have signed a licence agreement for the sales and marketing rights to VivaGel®BV for 43 countries in Europe, Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the balance of countries in Latin America. This deal builds on the VivaGel® BV licence signed with Mundipharma in May 2018 for Asia, the Middle East, Africa and parts of Latin America. 

Mundipharma licenses Starpharma’s VivaGel® BV

May 3rd, 2018

Melbourne, Australia: Starpharma (ASX: SPL, OTCQX: SPHRY) and Mundipharma today announced they have signed a multi-region licence for the sales and marketing rights to VivaGel^® BV in Asia (including China, Japan and Korea), the Middle East, Africa and the majority of Latin America.